Sung Mun Jung, KMD(Korea), PhD, L.Ac

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Sung Mun Jung, KMD(Korea), PhD, L.Ac

Dr. Sung Mun Jung received his 6-year bachelor’s degree and also Master of Science degree from the School of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea – a school known to be the best in the field. And in 2003, he received his doctoral degree from the Graduate School of East-West Medicine at Kyung Hee University as well. Afterwards, he was granted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, and was mentored by Professor Schumacher, M.D. and Professor Pessler, M.D. at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia.

And for more than 20 years, Dr. Jung has been devoted in clinical practice both in South Korea and the U.S, with keen interest and strong focus in clinical herbal pharmacology and acupuncture, specializing in weight loss, immune disorders, arthritis, allergy diseases, and the mechanism of inflammation resolution.

He also has rich and diverse clinical research experiences in various settings to analyze the therapeutic efficacy of traditional medicine and to prove its value through scientific inquiry and methodology. And the wide spectrum of his research includes – relationship of temperament, pathological tendency, drug response, bio-psychosocial trait, disease vulnerability based on Sasang constitutional medicine in relation to endocrinology, performing clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of herbal mixtures and acupuncture, and the mechanism of inflammation and inflammation resolution that can lead to development of new anti-inflammatory drugs.

And with his remarkable expertise and deep knowledge, Dr. Jung established BeAti Acupuncture Wellness Clinic with another outstanding doctor, Dr. Bon Young Suh, to bring health and happiness through the well-being of the body and the mind.